Jumpstart 2015 - What I ate and what I lost

I've been following the Jumpstart 2015 plan this week. I've done OK on it, but found it easier to do on work days and much harder to stick to on my days off. I've been giving my Optimum 9400 blender a good workout.

I started Jumpstart 2015 at a shocking 13 stone 5lbs. I know I nearly fell off the scale when I saw that. I've never been so heavy in all my life.

Just in case you missed the start of my diet here is what the plan is all about:

Jumpstart 2015

1. A freshly made smoothie or juice for breakfast and lunch
2. Drink more water
3. No alcohol  (this is optional, but I know most of my extra calories come from wine, so I’m adding this into my personal plan)
4. Eat more soups
5. Normal meal in the evening
6. Chocolate craving? Have a square of dark chocolate

So here is how my week went. Slip-ups and all!


Monday:

My two smoothies were pear, spinach, cucumber and banana thinned down with water. One for breakfast and one for lunch. After work I went to the pub with my brother-in-law Lachlan, wee Cooper, Graham and my friends Alistair and Andrew. I would usually have a cider, but ordered diet coke instead. Hardly touched it, it's horrible stuff. I did have a veggie burger though as they make their own and they are rather good. As you can see I didn't do well on the water front.

Tuesday

On Tuesday my smoothies were melon, apple, kale, banana and lemon juice. I had a low calorie hot chocolate during the day and I made spinach and coconut dal for dinner which I had with 2 toasted wholemeal pittas. A wee improvement on the water, but still could do better.

Wednesday

I was at home on Wednesday and it didn't go quite as well. I started with my smoothie, but by lunchtime I was mooching and ended up having two small finger brioche rolls from M&S with some butter, then for dinner I finished the dal. I had one after eight after dinner which lead to four. Later on I was mooching again so I had an orange. Still not great on the water consumption.

Thursday

 

I did a bit better on Thursday. I drank much more and mooched less. I made Monday's smoothie again as it was so good. I also had a glass of sugar free cordial and 5 glasses of water. I made soup for the evening, but had a bowl during the day as I was freezing, then a bowl at night with a couple of slices of wholemeal bread. I stuck to one square of lindt dark chocolate.

Friday

Back at work so I did better on Friday. My smoothies were pear, apple, kale, cucumber and banana.  I had a low calorie hot chocolate to keep me going, then a big bowl of soup in the evening again with a couple of slices of wholemeal bread. I don't usually repeat two meals in a week, but it's just the way it worked out this week, with a large pot of dal and another of soup. I also had a few jellies from one of the mini bags of veggie kids jellies that Tesco do.

Saturday

I was at work again on Saturday. I forgot to take a photo of the smoothies, but I went down the green route again, as they are my favourite. I had a low calorie hot chocolate during the day, drank quite a lot of water and in the evening I had one of the thin frozen pizzas from Lidl. They have a very thin base, a tasty sauce and less cheese than most pizzas, I topped it with mushrooms and tomatoes. It was so good! I sat with some water and nibbled on 2 squares of dark chocolate later on when I got the nibbles.

Sunday

 As you can see I went a bit mad on Sunday. I started off with a smoothie of pineapple, pear, tomato, cucumber and lime juice. We then headed out to visit our puppy and spend a little time with him (we get to take him home next week.

In the afternoon we had movie time as it was really wet outside. We watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and my resolve crumbled and I tucked into the Doritos.

In the evening I was reviewing Ziggys, a rather lovely little music themed restaurant in St Andrews. I started with breaded mushrooms and followed with a colossal veggie burger with fried onions. I had to squash it down and cut it into half to eat it, but after a week of eating less, I was pretty full and only managed a couple of bites and a few fries. It took Cooper soooooooo long to eat his dinner that I felt up to some ice cream and polished off a Knickerbocker glory. I had a glass of wine with it. I dread to think of the calories I consumed! I didn't so well on the water front either.

So Sunday was a disaster. I have to be more organised next week.

How much did I lose?

4 lbs

Yay! I am super chuffed.

Catch up with how my fellow bloggers are getting on with Jumpstart 2015:

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• London Unattached (focusing on soups) 
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• Jumpstart 2015: I quit sugar too
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